January 10, 2009 
Available In: App Store Price: $0.99 As a high school teacher, I often have to write college recommendations for my students. One of the most often used questions on these forms is: “What three words would you use to describe
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Sad iPhone |
Today, Owen, AKA owenmhv, sent us a screenshot of his iPhone at the lock screen while in Safe Mode. It looks like this: Owen did a little search and found a comment thread on Flickr showing saurik asking the owner
Facebook Updated |
Available In: App Store Price: Free A friend of mine send me this text message using the Emoji hack for the iPhone. He was trying to tell me that the Facebook app for the iPhone and iPod Touch was updated
WinterBoard Mods – Page Dots and Themes |
Available In: Cydia Price: Free There have been a few new themes in WinterBoard lately. I think there are a couple worth mentioning. The first theme Stormy Black, via modmyi, requires blank icons at the top of each page. You
 Reflective Dock working in 2.2 |
I found a way to get a reflective dock in firmware 2.2. It’s not superhard, but you will have to know how to SSH into your iPhone. It’s also static, so it doesn’t change as you drag icons on and
Hack Preview – FCSB (Five-Column SpringBoard) |
We’ve been tipped off on a pretty sweet hack called FCSB which stands for Five-Column SpringBoard. It pretty much does what it says. What we’ve got is some screenshots and a video. The hack isn’t ready for public release yet
New Poll – Were you disappointed with the lack of iPhone or iPod Touch news during the Macworld 2009 Keynote? |
Time for a new poll. The last poll was – Will you unlock your iPhone 3G using the software unlock yellowsn0w? Below are the results based on when we added the poll a little less than a week ago. *
QuickTip – Auto Scrolling in Safari |
When in Safari, you can tap on the Status Bar (this is where the time is displayed on your iPhone) to auto scroll to the top of a web page.
QuickTip Introduction |
Once a week, or so, I'm going to publish a QuickTip. These are going to be very simple, very quick tips about functions, on the iPhone or iPod Touch, that some readers may not know about.
SMS Counter – View SMS Totals |
Available In: Cydia Price: Free SMSCounter is an application that quickly provides information about the amount of text messages you have, based on a few options. When you open the application, you will get the main screen. Here you will
New Wallpaper Packs – Including Screenshots |
Available In: Cydia Price: Free There are a few new Wallpaper packs available via Cydia. They include; TamsWalls v2, TamsWalls v3, TamWalls v4 and TamsWalls v5. I also included the Looney wallpaper pack which I forgot in my last Wallpaper
Macworld 2009 Keynote |
Looks like this will be the last time we’ll be doing this This is Apple’s last time at Macworld. Today’s iPhone rumors include iPhone nanos, larger storage, cellular downloads for iTunes, larger iPod Touch (Tablet), etc… We’ll find out soon
craigsphone – A Free Craigslist iPhone App |
Available In: App Store Price: Free I’ve looked into a craigs list app for the iPhone before but the only one I could find cost $2.99. Gizmodo wrote about craigsphone today so I thought I’d check it out. The first
iBlank – Easily Create Blank Icons |
Available In: Cydia Price: Free iBlank is an application that allows you to easily create blank/transparent icons. This is ideal for custom modding. I know Doug uses a blank icon under Stack on his dock. It is also nice for
12Seconds – Create “Video” Slideshows |
Available In: App Store Price: $0.99 12 seconds? Well, according to the application’s developers, this is how long one will continue paying attention to a video without losing interest. Still reading? Well, if you’re a fan of Twitter, and if
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